1200 block of Federal St

How the block compares

The typical home here is $554K — about 2.4× the citywide median home, and above the ZIP 19147 median of $464K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19147 and across Philadelphia.

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 81 reported crimes (about 7 a month, 26% of them violent) and 288 resident 311 requests to the city. A busy commercial corridor logs far more than a quiet residential block, so read this against nearby blocks, not the citywide total.

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

• $554K typical home, up +131% since 2016
• Median assessment-based tax estimate $3,080 to $6,140 a year through 2027, +6%/yr
• 2027 block estimate: — assessed, about $212,947/yr from taxable assessments, or $5,755 per home — not live account balances

Who really pays

Philadelphia's 1.3998% rate applies to the taxable assessment. The OPA roll shows exemptions that can make an estimate lower than the full assessed-value scenario; this chart does not identify their legal basis.

• 1227 Federal Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$2,073/yr on $741K
• 1225 Federal Stmajor assessment exemption0.28%$2,706/yr on $967K
• 1218 Federal Stmajor assessment exemption0.33%$1,650/yr on $505K
• 1220 Federal Stmajor assessment exemption0.35%$1,554/yr on $439K
• 1211 Federal Stmajor assessment exemption0.41%$1,600/yr on $388K
• …and 17 more with estimates below the full rate — the gold-ringed bubbles in the makeup chart

One large gap: 1225 Federal St has a $2,706/year assessment-based estimate on $967K assessed value — about 20% of the $13,529 full-assessment scenario. Verify the exemption basis and live account before relying on either number.

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +7.9% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $231 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 50 arm's-length sales since 1999. The typical home has sold 1 time in that window, while 13 have not changed hands at all.

Who owns it

The block's largest owner, Stephronava LLC, carries 1 open violation across 4 properties it owns around the city.

The mailing address is where the assessor sends the tax bill — for an LLC, often the closest public record gets to the person behind it. "Registry" searches the owner's name in state incorporation records (OpenCorporates).

House by house

All 42 homes on the block — value trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail assembled from the fetched public datasets. Sorted up the street; each links to its property report and official sources — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

Worth a look

New construction

1225 Federal St

$1.0M · built new under a 2025 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $912K in 2019.

New construction

1231-33 Federal St

$882K · built new under a 2024 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown).

New construction

1234 Federal St

$784K · Bought for $270K in 2017, built new under a 2017 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $785K in

New construction

1226 Federal St

$731K · Bought for $325K in 2020, built new under a 2021 permit (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $735K in

New construction

1227 Federal St

$708K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $699K in 2019.

New construction

1248 Federal St

$589K · built new (reduced taxable assessment shown), sold for $170K in 2002.

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